Album
Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.
1996 · Rock, Non-Music
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. is a Metal album by Slipknot, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 60 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. is the debut release recorded by American heavy metal band Slipknot, and their only release with original lead vocalist Anders Colsefni. The album was limited to 1,000 copies, with distribution beginning on October 31, 1996. The band sold the last 386 units through ‑ismist Recordings in 1997. The album has become sought after by fans since Slipknot's rise to fame, and original copies have sold for up to $1,000. Despite originally being deemed Slipknot's debut album, Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. was later considered a demo by the band, who have included the majority of its songs on subsequent releases, albeit usually in radically altered forms. The record was recorded in Des Moines, Iowa over a period of four months and features many musical influences including funk, jazz, and disco which are not apparent in later material. Many of the lyrics and the album's title are inspired by the role-playing game Werewolf: The Apocalypse. According to Allmusic, the songs contain a stronger "emphasis on non-traditional songwriting" and melodic themes than the band's later material.
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Sound DNA
- Metal
- Nu Metal
- heavy
- chaotic
- primal
Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. is the independent debut album by Slipknot, released on October 31, 1996 with a pressing of 1000 copies. The band self-distributed the CDs until June 13, 1997, when Dan Schlissel took the remaining 386 copies for distribution under his -Ismist Recordings label. Those copies received a new catalogue number (-ism CD 0032) and a very limited number of copies were unwrapped and opened to add a promotional ink stamp by the label, and later a promotional sticker.
Although Slipknot considers the album to be a demo nowadays, its small number of copies has resulted in a lot of interest by collectors. As such, it was heavily bootlegged not only on CD, but also on vinyl and cassette. The real version only exists on CD, if your copy does not match the photos or this description, it is a bootleg.
- The color of the front of the CD is forest green.
- The front side of the CD has two rings.
- The center rings on the silver back side of the CD are green.
- Page 12 says "Percussion, Vocals, Lyricist", it cannot have the word "Lyrics" in it.
- On the inner sleeve cover there are no perforations folding up to the spine, it's a continuous fold.
- The barcode's bars don't touch the number 4, the 6 resembles a circle with a straight line attached, the 7 is slightly more curved
As mentioned, some copies were used as promo. Some of them have a sticker placed on the disc and in the back of the case, highlighting the recording studio and the name of the producer Sean Mcmahon. Other versions came with round cut-outs in the barcode & booklet and also with a red "For Promotional Use Only Not For Sale" writing on the front booklet.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Anders ColsefniLEAD VOCALS , PERCUSSION LEAD VOCALS, PERCUSSION VOCALS
- ClownPERCUSSION VOCALS
- Donnie SteeleGUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR LEAD GUITAR
- Joey JordisonDRUMS GUITAR
- Josh BrainardGUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS, PERCUSSION BASS
- Mick ThomsonGUITAR
- Paul GrayBASS BASS, VOCALS
- Shawn CrahanPERCUSSION PERCUSSION, VOCALS DRUMS
- Frank PlumleyVOCALS
- Jonathan DavisFEATURING
- Marilyn MansonFEATURING
- Sean McMahonVOCALS
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 60 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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